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The deck got finished earlier this week. Dry enough to get some furniture on it and out of the garage. Arranging a little furniture. Getting the cauldron fire pit tripod ready. Have a friend that’s coming over to help put it up later. Not sure if the two of us can get it up there...

No heater. If I decide to do something like that, it will be solar. No natural gas here only propane. It wouldn’t be cost effective to heat the pool with propane given the cost.

We plan to introduce to the water when we can. I am hoping they really finish the decking next week. We can get the few pieces of furniture we picked up out of the garage.

They are trying to figure it out. We let them out back a few times and most of them just sniff around it and stays away for now. But, we did have to do one rescue. Our schnauzer did not even realize that the pool was there and just walked straight into it. But that was a one time deal. She...

Got the drone up today. It was a very windy day, lots of waves on the water. Cloudy day, not much sun when these pics were taken.

I haven't asked the PB yet... I'll check with him.

Just did a test... I wonder if I am not doing my CYA right. Pool is still being started by the PB, we have another week to go. FC: 4.5 CC: 0 pH: 7.2 TA: 140 CH: 150 CYA: 0 Salt: didn't test today Temp: 74

Not including the equipment shed, I️ am in for tad over $70k. That includes the almost 1900 sq ft of stamped concrete. Edit - the details and "upgrades" can add up fast... a little like the options on a German car. I think I got a pretty good deal considering the size of the pool, decking and...

You mean like this? :) I actually have two cameras right now pointing to the backyard. First is at the back door. Second is what you see here. Sorry but if my guests have an issue, two solutions: first you don’t have to stand in the back yard or go in the pool. Second, you won’t be...

The pool water continues to clear. One of the last steps offered by my PB is they will come out and vacuum once the pool start up is done. Once that’s done the robot will go in the pool. :) Decking still needs to be finished and sealed but that will be the last step.

A little side by side.

Already much better. Just one day. :) .

Haha. Well I have already brushed it several times. I got to thinking “man I have to do this in Houston summer... I hope I love this pool”. Haha

Water is better today. Still green but much less murky.

As of 10:26pm CDT, we have a full pool.

PB stopped by this afternoon. Got the pump running with the main drain on and the returns. Skimmers are off for the time being since the pool isn't completely full yet. Test the water features and bubblers all looks good. Leaving the pump on so things start to get filtered. Pool was...

Pool is filling pretty quickly with both hoses going. One side benefit on putting a sock on the end of the hose is that it acts as a sediment filter. We have a community well. A company maintains the well, processes and pumps it out. But we do occasionally have sand in the water. I...

Being in Houston, it's entirely possible that it might hit over 90* again in the next month or so. In fact, it might high upper 80's end of next week. It's ok... if it doesn't work out, I've got a fire pit ready to go in! We'll make the best of it.

I think it'll be done some time tomorrow... maybe mid day. I am going to start brushing this weekend.

Acid washing done this morning. Watering going in!

A piece of wood from an old fence post. Wife and I think it had to have been at least 25 years old. Our community was established I think in 1991. Before that this was cattle land/farm land. We think I had to have come from the period prior to the neighborhood being established.

Acid washing in the morning they say.

I think they did it out of habit. They are so used to doing thing a certain way that when there are variations it throws them off. Mine put in a hose for manual fill even though we had auto fill. They ran a pip to my bib but like you I didn’t want that. They fixed everything and did it...

Something is happening!!!

It may be another week or so. The deck should be getting finished up later this week or early next week. I'll say this, the packaging is very impressive. They built a metal frame to hold the cauldron and put that on top of a wood pallet. Seems that they've thought the whole shipping process...

Some plumbing progress. I don't think they finished. Electrical is supposed to be tomorrow. It looks like there will be room in the shed for the equipment.

Ha. I would be up for that. I am sure there are plenty more of us that are on this side of town. I just saw that you signed a contract. That's cool. You should get a Brinno camera to create your own time lapse. They are inexpensive and fun.

So the cauldron got delivered. I will have to setup another thread on it specifically once I get a chance to set it up. But a few pictures for now. For scale:

Well. Equipment showed up! Install should happen this afternoon, going into tomorrow. Plaster next week? It might be!